Celebs Out & About: Ciara, Megan Good, Carey Hart, Mike Vick, Rachel Roy
R&B singer Ciara was seen doing some shopping at Intermix on Robertson Blvd in Los Angeles yesterday. Photo by PacificCoastNews.com
Disgraced Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick was tapped to deliver the commencement speech at 2011 High School Graduation for students of Camelot’s Accelerated Schools at Kimmel Center in Philadelphia yesterday. Vick presented two students with full scholarships. That was nice of him. He was well-protected by beefy bodyguards at the high school. In August 2007, Vick, 30, pleaded guilty to federal dogfighting charges. He served 21 months in prison, followed by two months in home confinement.
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Teen Daughter, Father of Woman Who Fell from W Hotel Window, Fight Over Her Estate
The Teen daughter of the woman who fell to her death from a W Hotel window has filed her own wrongful death lawsuit.
Last month, LaShawna Threatt, was “play fighting” with her best friend when both women crashed through a 10th floor window of the W Hotel in midtown, and plunged 5 floors to an elevated steel and glass platform. Threatt died on the platform, but her friend, Cierra Williams, survived the fall.
According to WSBTV.com, Threatt’s mother, Sharon Traylor, (pictured above 2nd from left), Threatt’s fiancé, LaRay “Ray” Hamilton (center), and a family friend approached the Cochran Firm in Atlanta to represent Threatt’s 14-year-old daughter, Imonee.
Threatt’s father (Imonee’s grandfather) also filed a wrongful death suit about a week after Threatt’s death.
Maurice Threatt, alleges that the window in room 2012, was previously broken and improperly replaced. Mr. Threatt has also filed to become sole executor of her estate.
Ray Hamilton shows a reporter where LaShawna went out the window
But Traylor and Hamilton argue that, “as the surviving daughter and sole legal heir of LaShawna Threatt, [Imonee] is the only person legally entitled to bring a wrongful death lawsuit for the death.”
Jennifer Hudson Hospitalized for Lap-Band Complications?
According to online reports, singer/actress Jennifer Hudson was rushed to a NY hospital this morning where she is being treated for “stomach issues”. Jennifer had just performed on the Good Morning America Summer Concert Series on ABC when she suddenly took ill.
She was scheduled to take part in the Outdoor concert series on CBS right after her ABC gig, but an announcement was made that she was unable to perform.
TMZ reports that Hudson was treated for food poisoning. But of course, rumors are now swirling that J-Hud is actually suffering complications from a lap-band procedure.
But we weren’t even aware that she had undergone the gastric, adjustable lap-band procedure, were we?
We were all led to believe that she lost all that weight through diet and exercise.
Common complications for lap band patients include irritation and erosion from band slippage and upper pouch dilation. This can lead to ulceration in the esophagus, pain, nausea and vomiting, internal bleeding and infection.
We certainly hope none of this applies to Jennifer, and that she will recover quickly.
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Rihanna’s Dancers Rehearse With Pink Shotguns
Never one to shy away from controversy, R&B singer Rihanna’s dancers were spotted toting pink shotguns at a rehearsal for her almost sold out LOUD Tour. “They can say whatever, I’mma do whatever” sings Rihanna as the male and female dancers twirl the automatic weapons like batons behind her at an undisclosed location.
Rihanna recently came under fire for violence depicted in her “Man Down” music video. In the opening scenes, she produces a handgun and shoots her rapist dead in a crowded train station. Anti-violence groups condemned Rihanna’s “Man Down” video. But the controversy helped draw millions more viewers on YouTube, and no doubt helped her sell more LOUD albums.
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New Kelly Rowland Photo Shoot
Photographers LOVE singer Kelly Rowland’s classic beauty! They say Kelly inherited her regal features from her daddy, Mathew Knowles. But if that’s the case, shouldn’t her half sister Beyoncé look even half as gorgeous as she does?
I told you this morning that, according to a record label source, Beyoncé’s ’4′ album release date was pushed back.
The latest rumor on Twitter.com is that Beyoncé pushed her album release back to July 26 to coincide with the same release date as Kelly’s album! This is great news for fans of both singers. But you know that sibling rivalry can be intense!
Check out more photos from the Derek Blanks photo shoot here.
Tracy Morgan: “I would stab my son if he acted gay” *Updated*
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Comedian Tracy Morgan has added his voice to the growing anti-gay sentiment in this country. Tracy Morgan’s homophobic rant in Nashville was met with a smattering of boos — and several people also walked out of the show — this according to TMZ, who quoted a person who was at the show.
According to reports, Morgan took the stage at the Ryman Auditorium (pictured above) and went off about gays — saying, “Gays need to quit being p**sies and not be whining about something as insignificant as bullying.”
He added, “Gay is something that kids learn from the media and programming.”
When talking about the possibility of his son being gay — Tracy said he “better talk to me like a man and not in a gay voice or I’ll pull out a knife and stab that little n**ger to death.”
Afterward, Tracy told the crowd, “I don’t “f*cking care if I piss off some gays, because if they can take a f*cking d**k up their ass… they can take a f*cking joke.”
While his rant was distasteful and offensive to some, Americans such as Morgan, who have a live and let live philosophy, are reacting to being bombarded by stories of gay youths committing suicide due to bullying.
Rarely in these reports does the media touch on the chronic depression, and other mental problems, that often drive troubled youths, both gay and straight, to end their lives. Nowadays if a gay teen commits suicide, it is automatically assumed that he took his life because he was bullied. Millions of school children, gay and straight, endured bullying growing up, without taking their lives — this writer included.
Will and Jada Attend Son Trey’s High School Graduation
Actors Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith were just a couple of faces in the crowd at the high school graduation ceremony for their son Trey Smith in Westlake Village, CA yesterday. Also in attendance was Will Smith’s ex-wife Sheree Zampino who is the biological mother of Trey Smith. Ice hockey great, Wayne Gretzy’s son, Trevor, also graduated. The graduation was held in the city of Westlake Village on June 9, 2011.
Sheree did an excellent job raising her son outside of the harsh glare of the spotlight — no thanks to Will and Jada who tried to force him into the industry at a young age, but he bucked back.
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